October 19, 2007 • Print This Post
I’ve been tagged. By a bunch of crazy vampires in an undead band, no less. Do you know this game? It’s really kinda fun, but I gotta tell you, I had one heck of a time coming up with eight random facts about myself.
Anyway, here’s how it works…
Players offer eight random habits/facts about themselves. If you’re tagged, you need to write your own blog about your eight things and post the rules. At the end of your blog post, you need to choose eight people to tag — and list their names. If you participate, don’t forget to leave your people a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.
So, here are eight random facts you might or might not know:
1. Whenever I visit California, I ship food home. No, not prepared foods, like my favorite deli sandwich from Togos or an In-n-Out double burger with grilled onions and fries, but the stuff you’d pick up at the grocery store. Stuff I can’t get here in the east. Like Mother’s Brand cookies, the Taffy ones especially. OMG! They are sheer heaven and a sugar hangover waiting to happen, but I just can’t NOT buy them whenever I’m in Cali. And this special chili sauce that I never knew the name of but recognize the jar the instant I see it. Oh, and Las Palmas enchilada sauce. It’s the best if you’re into making menudo. At least that’s what my mother-in-law used to tell me and she’s right! The other brands just don’t have that same flavor. Can’t forget the chorizo, either. Yum! I can get that here in the east but it’s not the same as the kind you get in Cali. Not even close to the flavor and way more expensive, too.
2. I’ve made no secret of the fact that I’m a grandmother, but did you know that I now have eight grandchildren? Yup, eight. The two newest additions have just joined our clan, too, another girl in July and another boy just this past Monday, so at least the count is even with four and four. Trust me on this, I’m a very young grandmother.
3. I was a mere fifteen years old when I met my DH, married him at 16 and we celebrated our 31st wedding anniversary this past summer. It’s how I got to be a very young grandmother.
4. I can watch my favorite movies over and over again, but the only time I’ve ever re-read a book was by accident because it was given a new cover and I didn’t realize it was a reprint. This was before I was a writer and didn’t know about things like reprints.
5. I have a fear of bugs. It doesn’t matter what kind of bug, I freak. Bats don’t bother me, which is a good thing because the DH squeals like a girl whenever a bat sneaks into the house.
6. When I was ten years old my best friend and I ran away from home. We “borrowed” our neighbor’s horses and spent the night in the woods. Longest night of my freaking life!
7. I love taking really long drives by myself. I can stop whenever I want to, I can have as many Starbucks Frappucinos as I want (which makes extra stops a necessity). And best of all, I can turn the music up really, really loud and sing along without offending anyone.
8. I love to cook. There’s not much I can’t make from scratch. And I really love to bake but I truly suck big time at making my own pie crusts. The only way I can make a decent pie is by using those handy-dandy pre-made crusts, but I can do my own filling. Ummm…If anyone has any tips on how to stop meringe from sweating on me, I’ll be forever in your debt.
I’m tagging:
Patricia Sergeant
Kay Stockham
Carrie Alexander
Candy Halliday
Holly Jacobs
Cindi Myers
Delores Fossen
Natale Stenzel
What about y’all? You don’t have to share eight random facts, but at least two. And….I’ll draw two random winners from all the posts to win an autographed copy of my upcoming Brava romantic suspense, Remain Silent!
UPDATE: And the winners are….Jennifer Y and Liana Gentry Skye! Congratulations!! Drop me an email at jamie@jamiedenton.net with your mailing address so I can send your prize.
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there is 5 generations of my family
all females (my uncle says we tend to be like black widows)
only child of my mothers
love to dance
hate to clean
dang, i cant think of much, that i would actaully put here, that i havnt told on line,lol
I understand about being a young granmother, I was 36 when i became old,
that horrible G word, lol
she be 3 in Jan, all my daughters, try to get me to take some nana , mawmaw and such, but that is so common, that I will stick with the ‘granny’ which comes out, grammlit
or thats to the best of my baby talk lang
my mom was 36 ,when she became granmaw, and My granny wsa 32, when she became granmaw with my uncles boy
lol thats how there is 5 generationsof us
Two random facts about me:
I used to speak Spanish, but not anymore.
I have 31 cousins. One of my cousins is older than our uncle.
I love curry and salsa, but I can’t handle it if they’re too spicy.
I have an excellent memory.
I was on the drill team in jr. high
I LOVE Sees chocolates from California (I grew up in California)
I live in Florida and HATE it
My grandmother had twelve kids with only three of them being girls
married my blind date
been married 47 year
3 children
6 grandchild
I lo———ve to read
I’m almost ready to retrie
YAHOO!!!!!
tami - Wow! And here I thought I was a young gma! You have me beat by 4 years.
SueA - I grew up in So.Cal and should know who to speak Spanish. I do know enough to be dangerous, and that’s about it. Oh, and of course I’m quite comfortable with a menu
Jane - Oooh, I envy you your excellent memory. I once had an excellent memory. Then I had children
brownone - Isn’t See’s Candies just the best ever? I miss having it around whenever I want it, but I do manage to order a 2lb box every holiday season. And some of those butterscotch suckers. Yum! And hugs on living some place you hate. I know just how that feel
Sue - Conratulations on 47 years of marriage! And he was a blind date? That’s so cool!
I have 2 tattoos. I’m adopted. My mom started the process before I was born(birth mother actually lived with my mom a couple of months before she had me, to make sure she was gonna be a good mom). And only have one child. A boy who will be 11 Sunday.
Jamie, you already know everything about me.
But for everyone else…
I don’t cook. I hate it. Hate it!! LOL.
I love to travel.
My bedroom is the color Barley, a rich goldish yellow.
And I’m allergic to chocolate.
I have two nieces and one nephew.
I took two years of Spanish in high school. The only words I remember are the curse words. lol.
I just love to travel.
I love heat and hate the cold.
Hmm…random facts…
- I organized my TBR stacks by genre and/or publisher because I never know what reading mood I will be in. I have even named the stacks (Mount Contemporary, Mount Brava, Mount Historical, Mount Paranormal, etc.)
- I am becoming addicted to fruit-flavored tootsie rolls…vanilla is my favorite (even though it is not fruit flavor
)
- I can’t really cook, but I am trying to learn and I am great with a microwave.
I love to bake but don’t care to cook. Unfortunately baking adds pounds and cooking is something I have had to do in order to raise children who are eating some healthy food.
I have a daughter in college and a new-born nephew.
This is fun! Okay, here goes:
I’m an only child.
I love to play basketball.
I’m afraid of crickets, but have had both a pet iguana and snake before.
I’m double jointed.
I never leave the house without a book lol.
I love roller coasters.
I hate vacuuming more than any other chore.
I love Halloween just as much as my children do.
I have a twin but he is a male; he is tall and has dark hair and brown eyes - I am short with blue eyes and blonde hair.
I love to bake and at one time made at least 13 different goodies at Christmas and then after the celebration everyone got to take some home.
Never had children but when I re-married it was to a guy who has 3 kids and the two teenage boys lived with us. Oh my!!!! The girl was living with her grandparents.
I love sports
i am big fan of slim jims
I married the first boy I ever dated and we have been together for 32 years.
I have identical twin boys.
1) I once kissed Billy Ray Cyrus in the parking lot of a club in Ashland, KY.( a couple of years before the spit shine Nashville did on him)
2) I put the flame in the Miss Flame contest with my double fire baton routine. (Sure, I singed my eyelashes off, but that taught mom to NEVER make me do a pageant again LOL).
I love jelly beans.
I have been married 3 times. Still married to #3.
I hate to clean.
I love reading.
My father’s death this summer at a young age still haunts me.
I am a social worker
I haven’t played tag since I was a kid, but damn if I don’t still run too slow. Now I’m it!
And plotting my next strategy….
Meanwhile, I’m adopting Jennifer Y’s method for containing my mountainous TBR. Clever idea.
This is fun!
1. I have married my husband 2x, but not divorced him and no one in our families know.
2. I’m allergic to alcohol. No Mudslides or anything else for me!
Thinking long and hard about this…
1. At 31 years old, I’ve never drank more than a sip of alcohol, smoked or done drugs. In fact, until about 5 years ago I couldn’t swallow pills without a gallon of water and plugging my nose.
2. My first car was purple. Everyone called it “the grape”.
Oh, this is a lot of fun.
1. Love to bake, hate to cook (I do cook to feed my family though).
2. I’m so not athletic, but I love to watch sports on TV with my hubby & son… mostly baseball (go Red Sox!) and football (go Pats!).
3. I have a phobia with heights - I can’t even look over the railing on the second floor at the mall, I get dizzy.
2 facts:
1. I am a med student
2. I don’t cook and hate it anyway!!
1. I am a lazy person.
2. I hate heights and am not myself in elevators.
2. Love chocolate!! it is an obsession
I love reading.
I don’t like to cook.
I was an only child after my brother died when I was 5.
I have 2 children & 6 grandchild who live in different states.
I still have 5 generations living in my family.
1. I am a twin. My identical twin sister and I are one minute apart and I named my one year old baby girl after her.
2. I am phobic about bugs.
I have green eyes.
I absolutely love to read and don’t have enuf time to attack my tbr.
I am afraid of snakes and heights.
I love my desserts and almost always order dessert at a restaurant.
I am somewhat claustrophobic - thought I would die riding in a closed compartment riding up to the arch in St. Louis.
wtg Jen y u had a good weekend lol. wtg liane, that is pretty name
Thank you so much! Congrats Liane Gentry Skye!
Congratulations Jennifer and Liana!
Wow, I won! Thanks so much. I’ve emailed you.
Liane
Hi Jamie,
We celebrated our 32nd anniversary in August. That’s wonderful you were married so young and are still married to the same guy - congrats! I won’t be a young grandmother - we don’t have any grandchildren yet and we have 6 children. lol